# N233TW: 1970 Gates Lear Jet 24B, registration cancelled 2018-01-16 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: January 16, 2018 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Gates Lear Jet 24B](https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-24b) (registry code 5170307) - Engine: [GE CJ610-SER series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (registry code 30006) - Data sheets: [TCDS A10CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A10CE), [TCDS 1E16](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E16) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 24B-221 - Year built: 1970 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: March 21, 1970 - Certificate issued: December 4, 1996 - Last registry action: September 15, 2009 - Mode S code: A21563 - Owner when cancelled: [Sierra American Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SIERRA%20AMERICAN%20CORPORATION) - Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 39.7376° N, 75.6671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19808, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N233TW - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=233TW - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N233TW-2018-01-16 From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe. ADs and bulletins for the Gates Lear Jet 24B: https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-24b.md ## Service difficulty reports (15) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR HAEA200600192](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA200600192), Aug 29, 2006: MOTOR. FAILED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED, UNEVENTFUL. COMPANY MAINTENANCE ENROUTE. THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE SEEMED TO BE THE AFT CAB - [SDR HAEA200400162](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA200400162), Aug 4, 2004: STRUT. DISCHARGED. NOSE GEAR FAILED TO FULLY RETRACT AFTER T/O FROM MKE. GEAR WAS EXTENDED, DETERMINED NO EMERGENCY EXISTED AND RETURNED FOR NORMAL LANDING. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED - [SDR 00132](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00132), Mar 19, 2004: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. PILOT REPORTED RT ENGINE FLAMMED OUT CLIMBING THROUGH FL 39.5 AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO GRI. MAINTENANCE DISPATCHED FROM ADS, FOUND NO FOD DAMAGE OR LEAKS, RESTRICTE - [SDR 00104](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00104), Aug 13, 2003: LINE. LEAKING. ON APPROACH, ATTEMPTED NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION BUT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS TO LOW TO EXTEND THE GEAR. EXTENDED GEAR USING EMERGENCY GEAR PROCEDURE AND LANDED WITH - [SDR 000102](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/000102), Jul 31, 2003: SWITCH. MALFUNCTIONED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TUS BOTH MAIN GEAR RED LIGHTS STAYED ON, GEAR WAS RECYCLED LIGHTS STAYED ON DIVERTED TO ELP FOR MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED SWITCH AND G - [SDR 00098](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00098), Jun 11, 2003: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. PILOT REPORTED RT ENGINE FLAMED-OUT CLIMBING THRU FL410 FOR FL430. DESCENDED AND RELIGHT NORMAL, CLIMB BACK TO FL410 FOR REMAINDER OF LEG. UPDATE AFTER MAINTENA - [SDR 00091](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00091), May 15, 2003: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ADS DURING CLIMB TO FL430 RH ENGINE FLAMED OUT, ENGINE RELET AND AIRCRAFT LANDED AT LRD, DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION NO EVIDENCE OF FOD DAMA - [SDR 00073](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00073), Jan 18, 2003: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. PILOT REPORTED ENGINE FLAME OUT DURING CLIMB, AT FL400, DECEND AND NORMAL RESTART AT FL220, RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT FOR MAINTENANCE. WILL UPDATE REPORT AFTE - [SDR 00072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00072), Jan 18, 2003: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. PILOT REPORTED ENGINE LT FLAMEOUT DURING CLIMB AT FL400. DESCENDED AND NORMAL RESTART AT FL220, RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT FOR MAINTENANCE. WILL UPDATE REPORT - [SDR 00066](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00066), Dec 3, 2002: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. PILOT REPORTED THE LT ENGINE FLAMED OUT CLIMBING FROM 41,800 TO 43,000. CENTER CLEARED THEM TO 24,000 FOR RELIGHT. AFTER RELIGHT, CLIMBED BACK TO 39,000. AFTER - [SDR 00057](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00057), Oct 30, 2002: B-NUT. LOOSE. DURING TAKEOFF RUN, CREW RECEIVED A LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ON THE LT ENGINE AND ABORTED TAKEOFF. AFTER CLEARING THE RUNWAY, INDICATION WAS NORMAL. SHORTLY AFTER - [SDR 00053](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00053), Oct 18, 2002: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. AIRCRAFT IN ROUTE FROM BRO TO ADS, AT FLT LVL 410 RT ENGINE FLAMED OUT, REQUEST LOWER TO PERFORM RESTART, NORMAL RESTART AND CLIMB TO 390, MAINTENANCE PERFORMED - [SDR HAEA00037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA00037), Aug 11, 2002: ENGINE. DAMAGED. PILOT REPORTED NORMAL DEPARTURE FROM KSHV, DURING CLIMB RT ENGINE FIRE WARNING CAME ON AT 10,000FT. CREW SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND RETURNED TO KSHV FOR UNEVENTFUL LAN - [SDR 00027](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00027), May 22, 2002: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. AIRCRAFT EN ROUTE FROM MMV TO DKB RT ENGINE FLAME-OUT CLIMBING THROUGH FL410 TO 430, DESCENT TO FL250 PERFORMED AIR START ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL CONTINUED FLT. - [SDR 00025](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00025), May 3, 2002: LIGHT. LOOSE. AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH TO ORH SELECTED GEAR DOWN, NO RT MAIN GREEN LIGHT, ALL OTHER INDICATIONS NORMAL. FLYBY THE TOWER, TOWER INDICATED GEAR APPEARED DOWN, NORMA ## FAA accident and incident reports (1) From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [Incident 20040319004679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040319004679I), Mar 19, 2004: Lear 24B (N233TW), Grand Island, NE. (-23) On March 19, 2004, while on cruise from fort collins, CO, to columbus, in Learjet N233TW diverted to Grand islan, NE, after experiencing an unexplained… ## Other aircraft with N233TW - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N233TW): Kubicek Factory S R O BB34Z, S/N 2102, built 2023 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.